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The Foodie Thread

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by YankeeFan, Aug 3, 2011.

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  1. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    And what do you bet it'll be packed daily with tourists who watch his show?
     
    HC, Nov 14, 2012
    #205
  2. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    They need to pair Pete Wells and Marilyn "warm and comforting chicken alfredo" Hagerty for a few reviews.

    The Wells piece on Fieri is beautiful.
     
    Songbird, Nov 14, 2012
    #206
  3. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    I think this goes toward a larger point the reviewer was making: Times Square, its establishments and the people who frequent them all suck.
     
    YGBFKM, Nov 14, 2012
    #207
  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    That pretty much sums it up. You can take even the doofiest pop culture "icon," plaster it all over a restaurant in Times Square, and sell dog food on a bun marked up at a 3,000 percent clip. And it would attract enough people to stay in business.

    None of them will be New Yorkers, of course.

    We are a small island of sense, surrounded by a country of idiots. We really should just secede and require a passport to visit. :)
     
    The Big Ragu, Nov 14, 2012
    #208
  5. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Same difference in LA, Ragu. City with the best and most varied ethnic restaurants in the country and outsiders get into arguments over which of its coronary-created hamburger chains is the best.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Nov 14, 2012
    #209
  6. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    That would be Tommy's, of course. (And their chili dogs.)
     
    Songbird, Nov 14, 2012
    #210
  7. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Loathing Times Square Fieri is a local pastime. Has a kind of fish-in-a-barrel feel, though. www.uproxx.com/tv/2012/09/guy-fieri-american-bar-and-kitchen-new-york-city/

    Who goes to a theme park and reviews the restaurants?
     
    Azrael, Nov 14, 2012
    #211
  8. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    If Maureen Dowd wrote for her village weekly, would you judge her by the standards of a village weekly or would you judge her as Maureen Dowd?
    When Fieri, or any of the name brand TV chefs, puts their name on a venture, they are making a statement of intended quality, not neccessarily sophisitication, but quality.
     
    heyabbott, Nov 14, 2012
    #212
  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    "Goatee-framed sphincter mouth" is my new favorite term. I somehow missed it the first time I read the Observer review.
     
    The Big Ragu, Nov 14, 2012
    #213
  10. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Especially at those prices.
     
    Alma, Nov 14, 2012
    #214
  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    The NY Post also gave it zero stars:

    http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/food/not_our_type_of_guy_zEVBjNbOzqTXWiqWK4SpdK
     
    YankeeFan, Nov 14, 2012
    #215
  12. Flip Wilson

    Flip Wilson Well-Known Member

    Um, I actually did that once. I visited every theme park in the state (four at the time; one has since closed) and wrote about the experience. I said that the longest wait we had, at any of the parks, was for two cheeseburger baskets at the first park we visited. We waited for those cheeseburger baskets for a longer time than we did for any roller coaster, all week long.

    All that being said....I'm loving reading the reviews of Guy's place. They're hi-larious.
     
    Flip Wilson, Nov 15, 2012
    #216
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